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Surface Tension: Walking on Water
The cohesive forces between the molecules of a liquid force the surface to contract to the smallest possible area. This makes the surface of the liquid behave like a membrane, so that light objects like leaves or insects can float. Surface tension explains the almost perfectly spherical form of falling drops.




"Surface Tension: Walking on Water" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
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Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny
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